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There's a reason GE said it would put all the key mechanical stuff in its new headquarters on upper floors
By adamg on Tue, 01/30/2018 - 9:35am
Brandy shows us the flooding starting this morning along the South Boston side of Fort Point Channel.
Earlier:
New GE building would be designed to withstand a 500-year flood.
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Very surprised Lolita opened
Very surprised Lolita opened in the basement of that Summer St building. How do they not get flooded on a regular basis?
I wondered that too
I walked down there - they are below Summer St., but higher up than you would think. They also have the wall, it is down a ramp to the surrounding flood zone.
I also took a look at the doors - they are set up to seal out the water if necessary.
I knew it!
Due to the snowy weather, I carpooled with the Mr. this morning.
I very specifically warned him to park in the garage above level 2, not the lot!
Tide's in ... dirt's out!
Are they...
...going to build it on piers?
Do you mean
Pilings?
I think lbb meant what they wrote
It was a wry comment on the increasing frequency of flooding in that neighborhood. So...building on a pier, aka a raised structure that extends over water.
I think anon knows that and
I think anon knows that and was pointing out the fact that piers are built on pilings.
I think you're all a pack of pedants
Piers, pilings, whatever. I was thinking of a picture of a building that I saw recently, where the lower levels kinda...aren't. They're just massive pilings or piers or whatever you want to call them. It was an interesting design.
I like
the lone seagull floating there, all casual-like.
alpha seagull
alpha seagull
Fill in the channel and build
Fill in the channel and build on it. Problem solved.
Considering most of it has
Considering most of it has been filled in over time is there really any reason not to do this at least up to Summer Street? You'd have land for housing, increased transit and road access into seaport (no need for northern ave bridge replacement). Is there an environmental reason or just cost?
Gillette
Gillette
Stormwater outfall
There are at least five stormwater outfalls on this part of the channel.
It drains a lot of downtown.